France, Dec. 25 -- After the Algerian parliament voted unanimously Wednesday to criminalise French colonisation and to demand an official apology, the French foreign ministry said the move was "manifestly hostile, both to the desire to resume Franco-Algerian dialogue and to calm, constructive work on issues of historical memory".

Ministry spokesperson Pascal Confavreux reiterated that France had "no intention of commenting on Algerian domestic politics", but also said he regretted the move, pointing to French President Emmanuel Macron's work on the memory of colonisation, notably his creation of a joint commission of French and Algerian historians. Missing apology

In 2021 Macron acknowledged that France's colonisation of Algeria from 18...